Hoechst AG ( German pronunciation: [ˈhøːçst] ) was a German chemicals , later life sciences, company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999. With the new company's 2004 merger with Sanofi-Synthélabo , it became a subsidiary of the resulting Sanofi-Aventis pharmaceuticals group.
10-458: (Redirected from Höchst ) Hoechst , Hochst , or Höchst may refer to: Hoechst AG , a former German life-sciences company Hoechst stain , one of a family of fluorescent DNA-binding compounds Höchst (Frankfurt am Main) , a city district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany Frankfurt Höchst station , its railway station SG 01 Hoechst , German association football club Höchst im Odenwald ,
20-582: A community in Hesse, Germany Höchst, Austria , a municipality in Vorarlberg, Austria Nicole Höchst (born 1970), German politician for the Alternative for Germany Hochst. taxonomic author abbreviation of Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787–1860), German botanist Battle of Höchst (1622), fought between Catholic and Protestant armies Battle of Höchst (1795) , fought between
30-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hoechst AG The company was founded in 1863 as "Teerfarbenfabrik Meister, Lucius & Co." in Höchst , near Frankfurt and changed its name some years later to "Teerfarbenfabrik Meister Lucius & Brüning". In 1880, it became a stock company "Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & Brüning AG". For
40-658: The Oil Campaign of World War II . Its managers in charge were prosecuted along with other IG Farben managers — during the Nuremberg trials — in the IG Farben trial for their role in the exploitation of enslaved laborers and for testing drugs on concentration camp prisoners. 1951 — Hoechst AG was re-founded on December 7 in Frankfurt when IG Farben was split into its founder companies. The original capitalization of
50-731: The American chemical company Celanese and formed a new Hoechst subsidiary in the US, Hoechst Celanese. 1988 — Hoechst AG sold Berger, Jenson and Nicholson Ltd to Williams Holdings . 1995 — Hoechst merges with Marion Merrell Dow of Kansas City , Missouri forming U.S. subsidiary Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR). 1997 — Hoechst underwent a realignment wherein its various businesses were transferred to independent companies, including Nutrinova and Clariant . 1999 (December 7) — Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc settle Federal Trade Commission charges that merger would violate U.S. antitrust laws; 1999 — Aventis
60-593: The Habsburg Austrian and French Republican armies Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hoechst . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hoechst&oldid=1086585743 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
70-431: The chemical company Teerfarbenfabrik Meister, Lucius & Co. which eventually became Hoechst AG. He was the great-grandfather of William von Meister , one of the founders of Control Video Corporation which later became America Online . Pascal Soriot (the now-chief executive of AstraZeneca) held positions with the organisation from 1989 up until 2006, through Aventis. Stephan H. Lindner. Inside IG Farben: Hoechst During
80-489: The company was 100,000 Deutsche Mark . By 1953, Hoechst had acquired parts of Knapsack-Griesheim, Kalle AG [ de ] , Behring Werke, Wacker Chemie and Ruhr Chemie, among others. 1957 — Signed a technical cooperation contract with Handok Pharmaceuticals In South Korea 1964 — Handok Pharmaceuticals Joint Venture Partner In South Korea 1969 — Hoechst acquired Cassella . 1970 — Hoechst AG took over Berger, Jenson and Nicholson Ltd . 1987 — Hoechst acquired
90-481: The international market the name was simplified to "Farbwerke Hoechst AG". Until 1925, the Hoechst AG was independent. In 1916, the Hoechst AG was one of the co-founders of IG Farben , an advocacy group of Germany's chemicals industry to gain industrial power during and after World War I. In 1925, IG Farben turned from an advocacy group into the well-known conglomerate. Various Hoechst facilities were bombed during
100-510: Was formed when Hoechst AG merged with Rhône-Poulenc S.A. The merged company was headquartered in Strasbourg , Eastern France . As part of the merger, the company demerged many of its industrial businesses into Celanese, which became an independent company again (e.g. the engineering polymers business Ticona ). 2005 — The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanofi-Aventis (now called Sanofi ). Wilhelm Meister (1827–1895) founded
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